Hundreds of pages of secret church files released Wednesday shed light on the troublesome careers of a dozen religious order priests, brothers and nuns accused of sexually abusing children while working in the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Outraged priests. Furious alumni. Offended Roman Catholics. All were among dozens of people who wrote angry letters and emails to Ohio State University earlier this year over remarks former President Gordon Gee made jabbing Catholics, Notre Dame and Southeastern Con...
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In word and deed during his trip to Brazil, Pope Francis put clergy and faithful alike on notice: Get energized, go out and spread the Gospel, give the Roman Catholic Church a more active role in society.
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked fighters in the rebel-held eastern Syrian city of Raqqa on Tuesday abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest who championed the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
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In a news conference during his flight from Brazil, Pope Francis said people should not be marginalized for being gay. He also expressed a desire to expand the role of women in the church. Father John Bambrick a priest from Trenton, New Jersey joins NewsNation with his reaction to the Pope’s comment

“He’s being studied very closely,” Cardinal Edward Egan of the Archdiocese of New York said of Pope Francis, added that wherever he goes, priests want to know how the Pope will change the Catholic Church and what the implications will be. Cardinal Edward Egan is interviewed by TODAY’s Lester Holt.

Father Albert Cutie, who left the Catholic Church in order to marry, joins Joy Reid’s panel for a discussion on the Catholic Church’s celibacy rules, gender politics, and what the pink smoke at the Vatican was all about.

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Priests perform mass during a memorial ceremony at the Sainte-Agnes church in Lac Megantic, Quebec, July 27, 2013. About 50 people are believed to have died when a runaway train with 72 oil tanker cars crashed and exploded in the center of the Quebec lakeside town, although not all the bodies have y

Priests pray during a memorial ceremony at the Sainte-Agnes church in Lac Megantic, Quebec, July 27, 2013. About 50 people are believed to have died when a runaway train with 72 oil tanker cars crashed and exploded in the center of the Quebec lakeside town, although not all the bodies have yet been

Priests accept a vase containing cards to the victims during a memorial ceremony at the Sainte-Agnes church in Lac Megantic, Quebec, July 27, 2013. About 50 people are believed to have died when a runaway train with 72 oil tanker cars crashed and exploded in the center of the Quebec lakeside town, a